Decisions In John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice And Men'
Brady Vann
Mr. Pressler
English 9A 5 October 2016
Of Mice and Men In John Steinbeck’s story, Of Mice and Men, the main character George Milton and his friend Lennie small are working on a farm/ranch. Lennie, who is a slow learner that goes forth and does several inappropriate actions that George doesn't agree with. After lennie committed a crime George has to make a choice to kill lennie so that the other men don't kill him first. So George felt like he could do it quickly and painlessly. The theme of the story is everyone has to make difficult decisions and that decision can have an impact on someone's life
George first decision to kill Lennie is that Lennie committed a bad crime buy killing Curley's wife. He knows that Curley is extremely mad at Lennie and would be the one to kill …show more content…
For example “now you listen the guys might think I was in on it I'll go in the bunk house and when the find out I'll come out like I've never seen her”(Steinbeck,104). This show why he didn't want the other to think he was in on it. Another example is “you George you stick with us so we don't think you have anything to do with it”(Steinbeck,108). This shows that he didn't want to be involved in that mess. This is another reason why George killed Lennie.
The last reason George decided to kill Lennie was because he didn't want his dreams tied down with Lennie. For example “what ever we do ain't got that's what you want it would be so easy if I lived without you”(Steinbeck, 11 ). This shows how he would want to live which is a easy life. Another example is “the things you do keep me in hot water you crazy son of a bitch”(Steinbeck ,12 ). This shows how he lives with Lennie. That's the last reason why George killed Lennie.
In conclusion people are faced with hard decisions like George how he could kill Lennie or runaway with him. This is why George killed
Mr. Pressler
English 9A 5 October 2016
Of Mice and Men In John Steinbeck’s story, Of Mice and Men, the main character George Milton and his friend Lennie small are working on a farm/ranch. Lennie, who is a slow learner that goes forth and does several inappropriate actions that George doesn't agree with. After lennie committed a crime George has to make a choice to kill lennie so that the other men don't kill him first. So George felt like he could do it quickly and painlessly. The theme of the story is everyone has to make difficult decisions and that decision can have an impact on someone's life
George first decision to kill Lennie is that Lennie committed a bad crime buy killing Curley's wife. He knows that Curley is extremely mad at Lennie and would be the one to kill …show more content…
For example “now you listen the guys might think I was in on it I'll go in the bunk house and when the find out I'll come out like I've never seen her”(Steinbeck,104). This show why he didn't want the other to think he was in on it. Another example is “you George you stick with us so we don't think you have anything to do with it”(Steinbeck,108). This shows that he didn't want to be involved in that mess. This is another reason why George killed Lennie.
The last reason George decided to kill Lennie was because he didn't want his dreams tied down with Lennie. For example “what ever we do ain't got that's what you want it would be so easy if I lived without you”(Steinbeck, 11 ). This shows how he would want to live which is a easy life. Another example is “the things you do keep me in hot water you crazy son of a bitch”(Steinbeck ,12 ). This shows how he lives with Lennie. That's the last reason why George killed Lennie.
In conclusion people are faced with hard decisions like George how he could kill Lennie or runaway with him. This is why George killed